Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6179 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A Bronze Age round barrow, surrounded by a low bank and a ditch, is located close to the Kelling to Wiveton road. It was partially excavated in 1924, but no finds were recovered.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0631 4270 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Tumulus. On the Hangs, north of Kelling to Wiveton road.
Circular mound with no certain evidence of ditch.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
August 1924. Excavation.
Nothing found. 15m (50ft) broad, 1.5 (5ft) high, with trace of shallow ditch and possible bank. Grassed on heath.
1974. Visit.
Bank 3m wide, 15cm high, ditch 3m wide, 30cm deep; mound 12m diameter, 1.5m high. Grassed.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 30 January 1974.
February 1986. Visit.
Condition as above, but outer bank not seen. Site gorse covered but bare on north side.
J. J. Wymer (NAU), 25 February 1986.
May 1994. Visit.
Mound now under thick cover of gorse.
H. Paterson (A&E), 23 May 1994.
1995. Schedule update.
Mound 15m wide by 1.5m high, ditch 2.5m wide by 0.2m deep.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 30 October 1995.
June 1998. Visit.
Brambles and gorse have been removed. Barrow showing uneven surface due to old rabbit disturbance (this is now controlled).
H. Paterson (NLA), 3 June 1998.
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of round barrow, visible on the 1969 Ordnance Survey aerial photographs (S3). The diameter of the mound appears to be around 14m,surrounded by a ditch, approximately 1-2m wide.
S. Massey (NMP), 23 December 2002.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF145. |
| --- | Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107. |
| --- | Unpublished Report: Ministry of Works. Scheduling Report [generic record]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Cley-next-the-sea. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Photograph: CXF 10-11. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF145. |
| <S2> | Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF145. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 020-1 03-APR-1969. |
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